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Title: Sonny Rollins - The Freedom Suite
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1958, Jazz, Hard Bop, Harlem, New York 7/26
Matrix #: RS 3010
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks good, light marks (CC) | Members: Sonny R (30' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Rollins repeatedly stepped away from fame at career peaks, disappearing from clubs to rebuild his sound in private, including famously practicing alone on the Williamsburg Bridge.
2. Political Science: The title track was an early major jazz statement on Black freedom and civil rights, giving the album a sharper political edge than most instrumental records of its era.
3. Studio Lore: Recorded as a stripped-down trio with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach, the album leaves Rollins completely exposed, with no piano to hide behind and nowhere for weak ideas to go.

7/11/2026 CC